Feminism
Women's rights cause
Feminism is the belief that women should have equal rights and opportunities with men, and the movements organized around that belief.
First-wave feminism focused on voting rights; second-wave on workplace equality and reproductive freedom; third-wave on intersecting identities and expanding gender categories.
The word can be neutral or charged depending on speaker and context: She identifies as a feminist, They dismissed it as radical feminism.
A feminist is a person who holds these views.
Bodily autonomy in family planning
- abortionEnding a pregnancy
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
violence · childcare · parenting · consent · bodily autonomy · workplace · education · healthcare
Right to cast ballots
- equalitySame status for all
- activismDirect effort for reform
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- liberationRelease from constraint
marches · protests · advocacy · campaigns · organizing · solidarity · sisterhood · consciousness-raising
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- genderSocial identity category
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
critique · deconstruction · hegemony · binary · essentialism · objectification · agency · subjectivity
Adult female state
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- voiceSound from throat
- visibilityRange of clear sight
reclaiming · pride · defiance · resilience · autonomy · independence · choice · dignity
Female voting-rights activists
- Seneca FallsHistoric New York reform gathering
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- generationalRelating to age groups
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
Betty Friedan · Gloria Steinem · Simone de Beauvoir · backlash · postfeminism · radical · liberal · socialist
reproductive rights
Bodily autonomy in family planning
- abortionEnding a pregnancy
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
harassment · violence · childcare · parenting · consent · bodily autonomy · workplace · education · healthcare · representation
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
liberation · marches · protests · advocacy · campaigns · organizing · solidarity · sisterhood · consciousness-raising · mobilization
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- genderSocial identity category
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
discourse · critique · deconstruction · hegemony · binary · essentialism · objectification · agency · subjectivity · representation
womanhood
Adult female state
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- voiceSound from throat
visibility · reclaiming · pride · defiance · resilience · autonomy · independence · choice · dignity · respect
suffragettes
Female voting-rights activists
- Seneca FallsHistoric New York reform gathering
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- generationalRelating to age groups
Betty Friedan · Gloria Steinem · Simone de Beauvoir · evolution · backlash · postfeminism · radical · liberal · socialist · transnational
- literary movementsRomanticism, Realism, Modernism, Surrealism, Symbolism
- French HistoryNapoleon Bonaparte, French Revolution, Napoleon, Bastille, Reign of Terror
Feminismpatriarchy
Male-dominated social order
male supremacy · misogyny · male chauvinism · male dominance · machismo
Feminismanti-feminism
Opposition to gender equality
complementarianism · social conservatism · Victorian values · manosphere
- feminine nameTitle given to females
- feminine rolesRoles for women
- feminine productsMenstrual hygiene supplies
- radical feministsThose wanting fundamental gender change
- feminine hygieneMenstrual product category
- feminist movementCampaign for gender equality
feminist, feminists, feminisms, feminine, femininely, femininity, femininities